George M. Philip 2009 June 16 - 2012 December 30 State University of New York Board of Trustees unanimously voted to name George M. Philip the president of the University at Albany
Robert J. Jones 2013 January 2 - 2016 September 23 SUNY Trustees named Robert Jones as the university's next president. Jones served as senior vice president for Academic Administration at the University of Minnesota System for the previous eight years.
James Stellar (Interim) 2016 September 24 - 2017 September 10 James R. Stellar named Interim President on September 14 by the State University of New York Board of Trustees after President Robert Jones resigned to become chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The appointment is effective as of September 24. Stellar had served as...
Havidán Rodríguez 2017 September 11 - present On June 21, 2017, the SUNY Board of Trustees appointed Dr. Havidán Rodríguez as the 20th president of the University at Albany. The appointment took effect in mid-September. Rodríguez, then 58, came to the University with 25 years of experience as a leader in higher education. Immediately prior...